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Hawksmaid by Kathryn Lasky5/13/2023 Great for any good reader probably age 11 and up. This is a good read, exciting, filled with adventure, danger, and wonderful resolution. A lovely unexpected element in the story. This book also has a nice element of the mystical in it, with Mattie’s uncanny communication with the birds she trains. Of course that makes the book very contemporary in its outlook, but that’s the fun of being able to take old myths and legends and rework them. I love that the book portrays a heroine who is equal in importance to Robin Hood. In fact, much of this children’s book gives us a wonderful glimpse in to the world of 12th century England, so vivid that the book deserves to be considered historical fiction, though that is not its main purpose. If your young reader enjoys birds, this particular children’s book offers a glimpse into the world of falcons – various hawks, their training, behavior, and also the role they played long ago in the age of kings and queens. One of his friends is a young girl who is on her way to being an extraordinary falconer, unusual for girls at that time. It brings us an imagined glimpse of the boy Robin Hood, when he was just a young lad playing pranks with his friends. And once again the boundaries that separated human beings from birds seemed to dissolve.”Įvery children’s book that brings Robin Hood to life has its own magic, and this one is no exception. Just for a second or two, it was almost as if she herself were tumbling through the air. The Untold Story of Robin Hood and Maid Marian
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